Buriens Washington 1920 – 1950 Aunt Anna, likes to ramble on when writing down recipes, I love her commentaries about what to add and the fact that Jack (her husband?) doesn’t like as much fruit in the cake. Nov. 16/31 Aunt Anna’s Plum Pudding 1 lb. currants 1 lb. raisins I use the big sticky […]
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Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Stapleton Family Cookbook Lemon Chiffon Pie Amer. Cooking (?) sept 16, 1935 Beat yolks of 4 eggs until thick and lemon colored. Add ½ cup sugar, 1 ts. Flour and the juice 7 rind of 1 lemon. Cook in double boiler until consistently of (?milk?) while […]
Hadley PA 1874 – 1911 Midsummer Cakes Whites of 5 eggs beat to a foam, add ½ tea sp. Cr. Tr. (cream of tartar) beat till stiff & dry, add gradually ¾ cup gran. Sugar (granulated), ¼ tea sp. almond flavoring. And fold in ½ cup flour sifted 3 times. Meringue filling Beat white of […]
Le Habra California 1930’s through 1960’s August 1936 Peach Torte ½ c butter Meringue ½ c sugar 4 egg whites 4 egg yolks 1 c sugar 5 T. milk few drops almond extract 1 c flour or ½ t. vanilla 1 ½ t. bkpd. Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually, creaming very thoroughly. […]
Berwin IL 1950’s – 80’s An Apple Strudel Fit For Royalty Chicago Sun-Times Feb. 14th 1969 Rockport MA 1931 – 50s Feb 14th 30’s through 50’s Valentine Meringue Heart Sheboygan Wisconsin 1940’s through the 1960’s. Canton CT from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. February 1962 Richmond Virginia 1930’s through the 50’s Visit my ebay store […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Gladys – Mane – Jan. 22 – 1924 Luncheon Dish ½ lb. chopped beef ½ lb. spaghetti 1 can tomato soup (? Uses tomato paste) Little grated cheese Melt piece of butter in spider and in it brown some minced onion. Brown meat in this mixture: […]
December 15th Oro Valley Arizona 1800’s through 1900’s Mincemeat Grand 3 cups chopped beef (2 lbs.) 4 cups chopped apples 1 rounding cup chopped suet 2 2/3 cups sugar 2 cups cider 1 cup syrup from sweet pickle jar 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons mace ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 […]
Holiday Cooking #24 These recipes are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated in the 1920’s. She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 16th 1875 Mrs. Stevens Gingerbread 1/3 cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup molasses 2 cups flour – ginger 2 eggs ½ cup (scant) sour milk Teaspoon soda in cold water DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 August 11th 1912 Vegetable Chop Suey 2 tbsp. shortening or drippings 1 cup tomatoes 4 cups cabbage shredded ½ cup green pepper (cut fine) 1/3 cup onion (cut fine) 1 cup fresh corn 1/3 cup water ¾ tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper Cover and boil 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender, […]